Comparative Analysis of Hidden Web Crawlers

Authors

  • Kumar A Research Scholar Phd Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IKG Punjab Technical University Kapurthala, Punjab, India
  • Mahajan M Department of Computer Science & Engineering, CGC College of Engineering, Landra, Mohali, Punjab, India
  • Singh D Department of Computer Science & Engineering, CCET, Chandigarh Punjab, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26438/ijcse/v6i5.190194

Keywords:

WWW, Hidden Web Crawler, Surface Web, Search forms etc

Abstract

Huge data on the internet is not available for the crawler of surface web to index. It can be accessed through search forms when required. This data cannot be accessed by using the hyperlinks present in a web page. Research on hidden web mainly focus on exploring ways to access databases that are usually present behind the search forms. The main effort was to put on how to fill the searched forms with meaningful values. This paper compares different type of hidden web crawler to mention the features and shortcomings.

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2025-11-13
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DOI: 10.26438/ijcse/v6i5.190194
Published: 2025-11-13

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A. Kumar, M. Mahajan, and D. Singh, “Comparative Analysis of Hidden Web Crawlers”, Int. J. Comp. Sci. Eng., vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 190–14, Nov. 2025.

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Vol. 6 No. 5 (2018): IJCSE May Edition

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